FCC Extends Media Ownership Comment Period

FCC EXTENDS MEDIA OWNERSHIP COMMENT PERIOD
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The new deadlines for filing comments in the FCC's media ownership proceeding are October 23, 2006 for comments and December 21, 2006 for reply comments. The FCC decided: "We believe that the public interest and our goal of assembling a full record in this proceeding would be best served by granting an extension of the comment and reply comment filing deadlines so that parties may have sufficient time to conduct studies and compile data that will inform our decision in this proceeding." Free Press and ION Media Networks had asked for extensions, saying they need additional time to complete research and analysis and to compile data necessary to fully address the complex issues raised in the proceeding. In addition, Free Press suggested that an extension of time would allow parties to respond to issues raised at the Commission's upcoming hearing on media ownership, scheduled to take place on October 3, 2006, in Los Angeles, California.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1663A1.doc

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